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Subject: Re: Grey Dawn in the Deep South / Will Dockery
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:55:25 +0000
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Will Dockery wrote:

> Grey Dawn In the Deep South
>
> In the grey dawn
> when the heavy valley air
> takes the city
> in foggy arms
>
> Almost chilly streets
> that will lose this soon
> in the sunshine noon
> and afternoon hot as blazes.
>
> In the grey dawn
> when the frogs croak
> and two cats watch for birds.
>
> Rumbling sound
> of the car next door
> across the bushes that keep us apart.
>
> In the grey dawn
> hear a distant train
> that comes closer to my street
> on a crawl from Macon.
>
> Whistle whining
> from a long way from here.
>
> A Monday that will soon
> burn with daylight
> heat and brightness so intense
> it seems loud and pounding.
>
> -Will Dockery (7-19-21
>
> ----
>  From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>  https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/07/grey-dawn-in-deep-south.html

Good read

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